People: Isramco Inc (ISRL.PH)


ISRL.PH on Philadelphia Stock Exchange

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9 Jan 2013
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Summary

Name Age Since Current Position

Haim Tsuff

55 2012 Chairman of the Board, President, Chief Executive Officer

Edy Francis

35 2007 Chief Financial Officer

Curtlon Warnock

56 2011 Legal Counsel, Corporate Secretary

Max Pridgeon

45 2012 Lead Independent Director

Joseph From

57 2010 Director

Itai Ram

33 2011 Independent Director

Frans Sluiter

44 2011 Independent Director

Asaf Yarkoni

37 2011 Independent Director

Biographies

Name Description

Haim Tsuff

Mr. Haim Tsuff is Chairman of the Board, President, Chief Executive Officer of Isramco Inc. He has been a director of the Company since January 1996 and the Chairman of the Board of Directors and Chief Executive Officer since May 1996.Mr. Tsuff was also appointed President in 2012. Mr. Tsuff is the sole director and owner of United Kingsway Ltd. and Chairman of YHK General Manager Ltd. (which entity effectively controls Equital, J.O.E.L., Naphtha Petroleum and Naphtha Holdings) and may be deemed to control the Company.

Edy Francis

Mr. Edy Francis is Chief Financial Officer of Isramco Inc., since August 2, 2007. From December 2003 through August 2007, Mr. Francis was affiliated with the Tel Aviv based office of Brightman Almagor & Co., Certified Public Accountants and a member firm of Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu where his areas of practice included auditing publicly traded companies, auditing internal controls and preparing tax assessments.

Curtlon Warnock

Mr. Curtlon L. Warnock is Legal Counsel, Corporate Secretary of Isramco Inc. He joined the company in October 2011 and serves as Legal Counsel and Corporate Secretary and manages the human resources and land functions. From 2009 to 2011 he was a partner in the law firm of Warnock & Caskey, LLC. Prior to that he was Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary for a national electrical contracting company, Integrated Electrical Services, Inc (IESC 2001-2009). Before IESC he was Senior Counsel for Burlington Resources Inc., independent oil and gas company in Houston (1986-2001). Before that he was Senior Counsel for Pogo Producing Company, an independent oil and gas company in Houston (1981-1986). Before Pogo Producing Company he was in private practice in Houston with the law firm of Culpepper and Conway (1979-1981).

Max Pridgeon

Mr. Max Pridgeon is Lead Independent Director of Isramco Inc. Since December 2002, Mr. Pridgeon has served as a director and executive officer of Griffin Decorations, a business which he founded. From March 1995 through December 2002, he served as director of MAXIM Wholesale and Marketing Co., a company which he founded. Concurrently, from February 1999, Mr. Pridgeon has also served as a manager of sales for Europe and the Middle East for Blenfin XI, Netherlands, a company that engages in the distribution of wooden picture frames. From April 1996 through January 1999, Mr. Pridgeon served as a property acquisitions consultant to M.A. Realistic Estate, Netherlands, a company engaged in the ownership and management of hotels in the Netherlands. From September 1989 through March 1995, Mr. Pridgeon served as manager and then export manager at VERNO Holland, a company engaged in the marketing and distribution of oil paintings. Mr. Pridgeon’s experience in managing and overseeing a diversified business practice equip him with the skill set needed by the Board.

Joseph From

Mr. Joseph From is Director of Isramco Inc., since June 29, 2010. Mr. From is employed as a drilling manager at Star Energy, a UK based energy company with a primary focus on gas storage development and the UK’s second onshore oil producer, a position that he has held since June 2007. Prior to joining Star Energy, from August 1998 to April 2007, Mr. From served as General Manager at Equital, an affiliate of the Company, where he was in charge of oil and gas activities and operations, including drilling and production and economic evaluation of oil and gas projects. From 1997 through 1998, he served as Chief Engineer (Oil and Gas division) at the Company where he oversaw drilling on onshore wells in Israel. Mr. From’s petroleum industry background and experience provides the Board with the experience and breadth needed to consider the options that are available in determining drilling/exploration issues.

Itai Ram

Mr. Itai Ram is an Independent Director of Isramco Inc., since 2011. Mr. Ram is the Director of Mobile Products at Paperless Post Inc., a consumer Internet startup that provides delivery services of social paperless stationeries, a position he has held since May 2012. Prior to joining Paperless Post Inc., Mr. Ram was employed by Apple, Inc., in the positions of Software Engineering Program Manager, iPhone/iPad OS from 2011 to 2012, Program Manager, iPad from 2009 to 2011, and Program Manager, iMac from 2009 to 2011. Prior to joining Paperless Post, Inc, Mr. Ram was employed by Intel Corporation’s Mobile Wireless Group, in the positions of Mobile Systems Engineer from 2006 to 2007, Wi-Fi Algorithms and Design Engineer from 2005 to 2006, and Wi-Fi Logic Design Engineer from 2003 to 2005. Mr. Ram is a co-founder of Delengo LLC, an early stage e-commerce consumer Internet startup built on top of web and mobile geo-social networks, started in 2009.

Frans Sluiter

Mr. Frans Sluiter is an Independent Director of Isramco, Inc., since 2011. Mr. Sluiter is employed as a Senior Manager at Accenture, a position he has held since December 2006. Prior to joining Accenture, Mr. Sluiter was a Partner and Project Manager at Singularity, LLC, responsible for overseeing SAP process integration. From 2003 to 2006, he served at Intelligroup, from 2004 onwards as Senior Vice President responsible for business development and project delivery for onsite and offshore SAP services. Throughout his career, Mr. Sluiter has acquired experience working with clients in a variety of industries, including Oil and Gas.

Asaf Yarkoni

Mr. Asaf Yarkoni is an Independent Director of Isramco, Inc., since December 28, 2011. Mr. Yarkoni is a certified public accountant with four years of experience with a “Big Four” accounting firm. He was employed as the Chief Financial Officer of Storwize, a start-up company in the provision of data compression services that was acquired and he currently employed working on that consolidation. Mr. Yarkoni has experience in public accounting and is familiar with the reporting requirements applicable to public companies, both in Israel and in the United States. Mr. Yarkoni’s experience as a certified public accountant was instrumental in his appointment to stand for election to the Board and is expected to provide the board with a critical accounting perspective.

Basic Compensation

Name Fiscal Year Total

Haim Tsuff

360,000

Edy Francis

207,298

Curtlon Warnock

26,904

Max Pridgeon

--

Joseph From

--

Itai Ram

--

Frans Sluiter

--

Asaf Yarkoni

--
As Of 30 Dec 2011

Options Compensation

Name Options Value

Haim Tsuff

108,469 275,374

Edy Francis

0 0

Curtlon Warnock

0 0

Max Pridgeon

0 0

Joseph From

0 0

Itai Ram

0 0

Frans Sluiter

0 0

Asaf Yarkoni

0 0
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